Jeff Regan
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I will add this camera to our rental inventory as soon as I can get my hands on it!
Dan, Academy frame is 22X16mm, 4/3’s is 17X13mm, so it’s not a big difference to me–I’m used to shooting Academy with our Letus Ultimates and B4 Pro 2/3″ relay. I find the DOF to be plenty shallow with Academy and FF35 to be over the top unless shooting at f4-5.6.
I think Panasonic is on the right track here and everything I’ve read about pricing rumors is $6K or less. This will have a big effect on VDSLR’s and DOF adapters in 2011.
Jeff Regan
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I would expect the 2700 to have the same clip management features as an HPX2000, 3000 and 3700. Which cameras are you referencing?
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I haven’t tried this and my 2700 is out of town, but go into the thumbnails menu and select “playback resume”. This will at least get you back to the last stop position on previous playback. Don’t know if powering down will affect this though. My HPX170 has “last clip”, but I don’t see it on the 2700, only “record review”.
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Check out this blog by Helmut Kobler–he tested the reader at NAB:
https://www.varicaminla.com/blog/
The reader did well. The Sonnet QIO, not so well.
Jeff Regan
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Noah,
Yes, FF35 is great as long as nothing moves in the frame! I just finished three days of head shots with my HPX2700/Letus Ultimate/B4 Pro with a Nikon 85mm at f1.4. Even with Academy frame size, you get to choose which eye you want in focus!
Jeff Regan
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The only reason to shoot with a VDSLR after 2010 is for stealth or price. Now if I can only hang on and avoid shooting with a VDSLR until then! Wonder when we’ll see the Scarlet?
Jeff Regan
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Announced today, Panasonic will deliver a micro 4/3″ video camera using a full raster MOS sensor recording in AVCHD with SD cards by the end of the year.
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Next week, prosumer level, maybe 2/3″, maybe larger, using AVCHD and SD cards. Not sure about a high-end large sensor camera, but I do expect AVC-Ultra to be launched.
Jeff Regan
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Try using different gammas, the film gammas are noisier than the video HD types. Reduce detail or at bring up coring a couple of points. Make sure chroma isn’t boosted above zero. Master ped can be reduced as long as you’re not crushing blacks. If you feel interiors are noisier, although properly exposed, try shooting with daylight balanced lighting and doing preset or white balance for 5600K vs. 3200.
Panasonic cameras are designed for 3200K, so this should not be necessary, but worth a try.There is no question that Panasonic cameras are noisy in some situations. I have a 170, had an HDX900 and have an HPX2700. Even the 2700 is noisy at times. I tend to shoot at -3db when possible with the 2/3″ cameras.
Jeff Regan
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Shoot wide open and use a long focal length, space permitting. Or use a 35mm DOF adapter, something like a Letus adapter and 1/2″ relay lens with 35mm SLR or motion picture primes, the faster the better.
Jeff Regan
Shooting Star Video
http://www.ssv.com